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Cookie and Privacy Settings. How we use cookies. Ravi Vedic name of Ravi is Purushini and its name is Iravati in sanskrit. Ravi river rises in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh and enters into Punjab in Pathankot district. The river flows along the international border of India and Pakistan separating the Gurdaspur and Amritsar districts of Punjab from Pakistan.
It flows for a total length of around Km and finally terminates by merging with Chenab river near Ahmadpur Sial town in Pakistan.
Beas Beas river is named Arjikiya in vedas and ancient name in sanskrit is Vipasa. It enters Punjab in Hoshiarpur district. The total length of the river is approximately Km and terminates by merging with Sutlej river at Harike in Tarn Taran district of Punjab.
Pong dam and Pandoh dam are the two main dams built on this river. Pandoh dam is located in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh and it diverts the waters of Beas river to Sutlej river. Jhelum The vedic and sanskrit name of Jhelum river is Vitasta and it was known as Hydaspes to ancient greeks. Jhelum river originates through Verinag Spring located in the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
The place is located in Verinag, around 80 Km distance from Srinagar. It is the western most of the five rivers of Punjab and is a tributary of Chenab river. It does not flow through state of Punjab in India, neither touches its boundry at any place. The total length of the river is around Km and it terminates into Chenab river near Trimmu in Jhang district.
The famous battle between Alexander known as Sikander in Indian texts and King Porus was fought on the banks of this river and is known as Battle of Hydaspes. Chenab This river is known with the name Askani in Vedas and its sanskrit name is Chandrabahga. It then flows through the Jammu region in Jammu and Kashmir state and enters into Punjab state in Pakistan. The Indus Basin Project was developed in Pakistan and many inter-basin water transfers, irrigation, hydropower and multipurpose projects have been built in India.
The Beas River : In the 20th century, the river was developed under the Beas Project for irrigation and hydroelectric power generation purposes.
The second-phase Pong dam was completed in , with a MW installed capacity, followed by the first-phase kilometres upstream, the Pandoh dam , in It diverts the river through a system of tunnels and channels to the MW Dehar power station on the Sutlej River, connecting both rivers.
The Chenab River. The Jhelum River : It is the westernmost of the five rivers of the Punjab. It is a tributary of the Indus River, and, the same as the remaining rivers in the Punjab, it has rich power generation potential in India. Water control structures are being built as a result of the Indus Basin Project , including the Mangla dam , completed in , one of the largest earthfill dams in the world, with a storage capacity of 7. Skip to main content.
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